Fishhook



July 20, 1948. H. M. cARLsEN ETAL FISH HOOK lFiled April 15, 194e IN VEN TORS #rfa/PME V Patented July 20, 1948 HerhertiMsGarlsemand 1Edwin'.F. Nordman; Spokane, Wash.`

ApplicationApril15j194t6, Serial No: 662,278

miams-.1 (c1. 43.-36)

This invention.x relatesf to; afl sh hooks xand it isione object 1 oflthe-invention to-provide a hookso'iormed that=wliile`fcompanion hookswill be normally-lheldclose to eachother pull exerted when a fish iscaughtwillcause. the hooks to spread and thustmake"it'difcultto dislodgethem from'the mouth of; a fish.

Another object of the inventionqis'toprovide a hook whereina pairofhooks so..formed from a single strand of resilient wire' bent* to formshankswhich are integrally united at their uppenr ends andsoshapedthatwhile fthey'may bevlield close to. each"` otherthey willzquicklyfspringi. apart when pull isV exerted .upon theffhooks.

Anotherv object. OitheinVentiom is to provide -a fishing. hook 1 whereinthe.. Shanks; of thaliooks.

extend longitudinally.. thro11gh:.a-- helical i spring. with which theshanksandwaahead.. formed by connected ends of "the Shanks friotionallyengage and prevent the hooks fromsli-ding too freely:

through `the. spring. to .aniextendedpositioni- AnotherVobject.of.the.invention"is to provide the helical spring with means forpreventing entire separation of the hooks from the spring when pull isexerted by a sh.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hook wherein the Shanksof the connected hooks are formed with transverse offsets so that afterthe hooks have been twisted and brought toward each other the offsetswill overlap and releasably hold the hooks against spreading.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side view of a hook of the improved construction. Y

Fig. 2 is a view upon an enlarged scale showing the spring in sectionand the hooks in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a hook of modified construction.

Fig. 4 is a view taken at right angles to Figure 3.

The hook shown in Figs. 1 and 2 has a body consisting of a helicalspring I formed of resilient wire and having its convolutions spacedfrom each other, the upper end of the strand from which the spring isformed being bent to form an eye or loop 2 through which a ring 3 ismounted so that a fishing line may be tied to the ring. Weed guards 4extend from the upper end of the spring in diverging relation thereto toprevent the hooks 5 from catching in grass or weeds when pulled throughWater. The hooks 5 are formed from a single strand of resilient wirewhich has its end portions bent to form the bills 2. of thexho'oksa.the.' bills being?, formed' with'i the` usual*r barbse Midway :itsllengthrthe wire fstrand':

is bentf1to formthe shanks 1 of'` the ho.oks,z,and:: upon referring toEig;` 2,;itwil1fbeqseenthat the;v Y f. Shanks are bowed longitudinallyyawayiromeach:

other and have their upper ends integrally con; necteol by a bridge810i? inverted V,shape`which mayxbefreferred to asi. a` head orcouplingimeme;

ber'for; the shanks. 'Ihev shanksrslidably'passi through an openingStformedzthrough"a:.plate I 0 which. is disposed: within the lowerl endf. portion' of theespringr and. secured'bytongues` II bent; aboutya;convolution of the .spring and when. ,the

hookA gis; in; the normally raised-or2 retracted posi:-

. tionyshown in` Fig; 2 the' bills' will:be; held.4 close.; to eeachrother. and may -bexreadily taken; into 1 a.; shsf. mouth.Whennaiishtakesfthe bait, and;

pull is exerted upon the'hookrit-will beaslid longhtudinally through thespringfto: the; extended.z

vpositionpfindicated by ldotted-lines 'in `Figure^11.:,and" the-shanksawill movewawayffrom each otherfand.: become soifiirmly engagedin the mouthioithexV fish tha-tithe fish-can: not/*dislodge` the hook.The@ Width of the head or bridge 8 is such that it can netpass throughthe opening 9 and therefore the hook may not become entirely detachedfrom the spring and the fact that the body portion of the device isformed as a helical spring will allow sufficient give to labsorbexcessive strains when a fish attempts to run away and the lishing linewill not be broken. After a fish has been removed from the bills of thehook it is merely necessary to grasp the bills and push the hookforwardly to return it to its normally retracted position.

In Figs. 3 and 4 there has been disclosed a hook of modifiedconstruction. In this embodiment of the invention the double hook I2 isformed from a strand of resilient wire having end portions bent to formbills I3 at ends of Shanks I4. Upper ends of the shanks are connected bya bridge I5 including a coil I6 disposed between the upper ends of theShanks of the hooks and having its upper portion spaced downwardly fromthe top of the bridge. A ring Il passes through the bridge and its coiland a fishing line is tied through this ring when the hook is in use.The Shanks I4 are each formed as an elongated reversed curve so thatthey may be brought together and overlapped as shown in Fig. 3 and soheld by overlapped abutments I8 which project toward each other from theShanks and are formed by crimping the Shanks as shown in Fig. 4. Whenthe bait is taken by a sh and pull exerted on the coil I6, one of theshanks will be shifted longitudinally and the abutments or keepers movedout of overlapping engagement with each other and the Shanks may thenspring apart and the bills I3 will be prevented from becoming dislodgedfrom a fishs mouth. After a fish has been removed from the hook it ismerely necessary to press the shanks toward each other and the abutmentswill be moved into overlapping engagement with each other andAfrictionally hold the Shanks in the normal position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A sh hook comprising a, helical spring having its convolutions spacedfrom each other and an eye at its upper end, a plate adjacent the lowerVend of said spring having tongues engaged about a convolution andmounting the plate in the spring, and a strand of resilient wire bentmidway tionally engaged with inner surfaces of convolutions of thespring to yieldably resist sliding movement longitudinally in thespring, the shanks being biased for movement away from each other asthey move downwardly through the spring and its length to form a. bridgeand Shanks extending therefrom, the bridge being of inverted V-shape andthe shanks being bowed longitudinally in op.

posite directions and crossed near the bridge and having their lowerportions slidably passing through an vopening in the plate and theirlower ends bent to form bills extending away from each other.

2. A sh hook comprising a helical spring, means at the upper end of saidspring for connecting the same with a sh line, a plate mounted in thespring and formed with an opening, and a strand of resilient wire bentmidway its length to form a bridge and Shanks extending rearwardlytherefrom, the shanks being disposed in crossed relation to each otherand being curved longitudinallyy for frictional gripping engagement withconvolutions of the spring and slidably passing through the opening inthe plate and having their lower ends bent to form bills.

3. A iish hook comprising a helical spring having means at its upper endfor connection with a fish line, a plate mounted in said spring and'formed with an opening, and a multiple hook slidable longitudinally inthe spring and having outwardly through the lower end thereof and havingtheir lower end portions bent to form bills, and a barrier in the lowerportion of the spring formed with an opening through which the Shankspass and serving to limit downward sliding movement of the hook throughthe spring.

HERBERT M. CARLSEN. EDWIN F. NORDMAN,

REFERENCES CITED The following referencesare of record in the le of thispatent: f

UNITED STATES PATENTS France Sept. 5, 1932

